Thus, instead of being sold for beef, the owners of the 30-cattle family farm 80 miles northwest of Detroit say they are "willing to sell the steer for promotional or mascot use instead of shipping it to the slaughterhouse."

Mascot use? With a cow? Whose idea was this, the cow's?

And for what school? The big Hindu university in Michigan I'm not familiar with? Or perhaps a certain - wait for it - "Moo" U?

So what does the cow think about this potential pardon?...

You know, if the whole "school spirit" angle works and the cow above avoids bovine death row as a result of a lucky birthmark, it's going to be like a real life Far Side cartoon on farms across America next week. Cattle from coast-to-coast will be "tatting" up to try to gain a little cow clemency.

This is what happens when you start messin' round with that cloning thang.

I suggest a recall. Those cows appear to be mad.

The M cow looks like a prank. Probably a UM art student's work. The second cow seems quite possible. Evidence of Intelligent Design if you ask me. For Irish fans et al, it would settle the question of who God roots for...

I wonder what Jim Carty would say about this.....oh wait, Jim's working on a much more serious article right now. Rumors of a huge expose about academic fraud at a certain midwestern university. The FSU of the West? Details to follow.....

Technically speaking IX, Bevo is a steer, not a boy. And he still thinks this is a good idea.

But please remember to be careful with any form of bovine mascot:

Bevo II once charged an SMU cheerleader, who had to defend himself with his megaphone. Bevo III escaped from his enclosure and ran amok across campus. Bevo IV once attacked a parked car, while Bevo V broke loose and scattered the Baylor band. More recent Bevos have had a more peaceful tenure.

Contrary to popular belief, Bevo (currently #14) is not drugged during football games. Bred to be docile, he is riled only in the most extreme of circumstances, such as once during a lightning storm during a game against Rice, in which he broke away from his handlers.

Isn't Carty the same guy who made the Drew Sharp-esque comparison of Rich Rodriguez to Nick Saban? Yeah, that's a source of reason and integrity.

Yeah, I recall taking a geology course just to fill a couple of credits after my audit revealed I was 2 credits shy from graduating. About two-thirds of the football team was in there. So while there are some student-athletes who skate by, to hold the whole institution responsible in a Harbaugh-like manner is like throwing the baby out with the bath water. There are lots of positive examples of student athletes in "Bo's lasting lessons".

However, if there's been widespread academic fraud at a certain Midwestern university -- one which has conferred degrees on many in this forum, then I think you'll find that folks will stand up to the accusations and try to fix it rather than trying to hide it (and probably much to the chagrin of Carty and notso-Sharp).

How much would it suck if the farmer's last name were Tressel? Another case of Tressel owning Michigan? I hope the fuck not.

Beast in Bama,

I like Texas a little. They're classy fans but I don't like Shady Mack Brown. I'll root against them if I need them to lose, of course, but other than that I like 'em. Oh, and the girls are hot.

But anyways, an issue I have with Texas is that a lot of things in their school tradition are in reaction to things done by Texas A&M. Texas Fight, while a great fight song, was written as the flipside to "Aggies Fight" and contains references to A&M. Even the writer of the fight song acknowledged that it was intended to counteract anti-Texas jeers by A&M.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Fight

Also, there is a myth that the name Bevo came from an attempt by UT students to get rid of the "13-0" that A&M students branded into the longhorn mascot.

i just don't think that a program's tradition should be so defined by its rival. I mean, a rivalry is a huge part of any program. OSU fans pride themselves in their recent success over UM. A rival shouldn't influence the other program so much. I am not being so clear, and this post has gotten too long. You know what I mean, I hope.

yost, i'm willing to wait for stuff, as long as it's as clever as this....especially the second picture and comment. funny thing is i was thinking the same thing even before i scrolled down and saw it.

"hell, by sunday, every cow in ohio will look like this one." That's okay. They will blend in with all the bumper stickers, flags, welcome to our home signs, and everything else in this god forsaken state that has that phrase on it. I hate living down here!!! GO BLUE!!!

The following lyrics are from the "Aggie War Hymn." You tell me how you'd react to this:

Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!Good-bye to Texas UniversitySo long to the Orange and the WhiteGood luck to the dear old Texas AggiesThey are the boys that show the real old fight"The eyes of Texas are upon you..."That is the song they sing so wellSo good-bye to Texas UniversityWe're going to beat you all to--Chig-gar-roo-gar-remChig-gar-roo-gar-remRough Tough! Real Stuff! Texas A & M!

"and ohio guy--you may want to check your map because that sure as heck looks like the lower peninsula mitten to me...."

well, then I sorry to hear about the doubt that dried up Saginaw Bay...and I also wasn't aware that Canada gave you all of Lake St, Clair, the southern part of lake Huron and all the land in Ontario that is west of London, ON and north of route 401.

because that would all have to happen for this image on the cow to be considered accurate.

Thanks for the clarification. Is Aggies War Hymn an official fight song? I mean, this whole thing goes back 100 years, but I just don't like addressing a rival in an official school fight song. An anti-rival cheer I understand, but a fight song? Why honor a rival by acknowledging it? But that's just me. The Victors doesn't acknowledge Michigan's rivals, although I am disappointed that there are not many anti-OSU cheers.

I don't know. All fight songs seem to praise a school's heroics on the field, so perhaps it's not such a large step to actually mention your rival in a fight song. I don't want to get much further into it, as that would be to debate the entire essence of a fight song or something like that.

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